In the first part of "The Lord of the Rings", the scene of the nine rings chasing Arwen is quite thrilling, which can also be said to be one of the highlights of the film, but after Arwen crosses the Liquor River, the scene where Arco uses the power of his clan to call the water to wash away the ringing spirits looks a little false from the film.

According to the setting in the original book, the Ring Spirit is indeed afraid of fire and water, and it is precisely in this way that Aragorn can use fire to disperse several Ring Spirit when he is fighting alone, and when Arwen stands on the side of the Liquor River and summons the water flow to rush towards the Ring Spirit in the river, they are obviously closer to the other side of the river, but instead of running to the other side, they run along the river, and finally they are all washed away......

The Nine Great Rings claimed to be the outstanding nine kings of mankind during their lifetimes, even if they were not reinforced by Sauron's magic blessing as in "The Return of the King", they could not be brain-dead to this point.

So, when Duke saw that the location he had prepared had become a small ditch during the dry season, he did not hesitate to give up and traveled nearly 100 miles to shoot with another river that was no more than four feet deep, but wide enough.

The upper reaches of the river were directly placed by the crew with a blue screen, so that the water flow of the CGI production zuò was added in the later stage, and the stuntman who played the role of the Nine Great Rings and Alessandra? Ambrosio and her stunt double are ready.

The horse chase on the plains had already been filmed when Ambrosio first came to the crew, and now all that needs to be filmed is the scenes related to the River of Spirits.

In fact, it is not difficult, Ambrosio's stunt double rode across the river, opposite the river from the Nine Great Rings, and it only took two times for Duke to shout Tongguò, and then it was Alexandra's turn? Ambrosio himself was on the field.

Although she can't ride a horse, she has no problem standing by the river, and Frodo on the horse also uses a silicone puppet, which is difficult to control.

Did Duke tell John? Schwartzman paid attention to the splash of the horse's hooves as the Ringwraith rushed over. Walked to Alexandra, who was standing in front of the white horse? Next to Ambrosio.

"How's the practice, Coleen?" Duke asked.

"Didn't you hear it last night?" She blinked innocently, "Standard?" ”

The two of them have been basically together these nights, and Duke has always been the kind of person who doesn't mind talking, he warned before leaving. "Watch out for the British accent!"

Arwen greeted the water here, in Quenya, and Duke was going to record it live, so he went over and confessed again.

Back behind the director's camera, Duke asked the assistant director about the readiness of the various departments, and then nodded to the scene notes.

"Scene 942, Act 11, start now!"

Alexandra in a moss-colored skinny samurai suit? Ambrosio rides on a white horse, holding Frodo's silicone doll in one hand. He drew his scimitar in one hand, and faintly opposed the Nine Great Ring Spirits on the other side of the Liquor River.

"If you want it, come and grab it!" Alexandra? Ambrosio's pretty face was densely filled with murderous aura.

The Nine Great Ring Spirits drew their swords at the same time and rushed into the River of Spirits, their speed was not fast because they were afraid of water.

Seeing the ring spirit entering the water, the boom quickly fell. The microphone used for recording stopped at Alexandra? Above Ambrosio's head.

Alexandra? Ambrosio recited in a mouthful of English-flavored Quenya, "The waters of the foggy mountains listen to me." The rushing tide swept away the ring spirit, and the water of the foggy mountains listened to my orders......"

John? Schwartzman manipulates the camera lens lowered to capture changes in the surface of the water.

The Nine Great Rings had just arrived in the middle of the river, and as if aware of the danger, they turned their heads to look at the blue curtain upstream, and then turned their horses' heads and began to flee......

“Cut！” Duke shouted hard. "This is over!"

At the end of July, the temperature in New Zealand almost reached the lowest season of the year, and although the North Island did not freeze, it was not much warmer. Whether it was an actor or a horse, a caregiver immediately walked over quickly to help wipe off the water droplets on their bodies, and put on blankets and felt cloths to keep them warm.

Then, the protest of representatives of animal protection organizations sounded outside the set, and Duckley ignored it, just looking at the footage shot today, anyway, there were security personnel following those people, and they couldn't make a storm.

Otherwise, do you really want to cancel the circus, as they say, and shoot it directly by people, or delay it until October, when the weather warms up?

Filming was coming to an end, and Duke didn't have time to dwell on them.

Telling the assistant director to put away the film for today's shooting, Duke walked over to the horse trainer and looked at the condition of the horses, the time to shoot in the water was extremely limited, and the horse actors obviously would not have a problem.

Back at the river, Duke stood on a large rock, looking at the river of spirits, which was wide but not deep, the props and set teams were dismantling the blue curtain, and the wind was blowing from the river, and he could feel the chill.

"This is the tuyere."

Tina ringing in the back? Faye reminded the voice, Duke turned his head, took the gloves and hat she handed over, put them on, and said nonchalantly, "This kind of environment can make my mind clearer." ”

Tina? Fila pulled up the collar of his tweed coat and covered his ears, "It's going to catch a cold, it's always hard for you to get sick." ”

"Filming is almost over."

Doesn't seem to hear Tina? When Fei reminded, Duke said slowly, "I have to consider whether the shooting plan is missing, otherwise it will be very troublesome to reconvene the filming when the crew is disbanded." ”

Tina? Faye stepped forward and stood side by side with Duke on the rock.

Duke was a little puzzled at first, but after feeling the wind blowing a little lesser, he couldn't help but shake his head at her, Tina? Fei stood upwind of him, using his body to somewhat block out some of the cold wind.

"Let's go, let's go back." Duke got off the rocks first and walked towards the parking place.

The sun gradually turned overhead, although it was close to noon, but the sun at the end of July was weak, Duke returned to the car, waited for about half an hour, the crew was generally ready, and after he gave the order to go, the long convoy slowly started and drove in the direction of Wellington.

As always, a leisure moment on the road, Tina? The Philippines provided Duke with an update on some North American matters related to them.

"First of all, good news." Tina? Fei pressed the baffle to isolate the front and rear seats of the car, "Nancy has concluded negotiations with Hasbro and reached a final agreement, just waiting for you to officially sign it when you return to North America." ”

It's just a matter of time, Tina? When the Philippines returned to New Zealand, the two sides reached a preliminary agreement.

And then, Tina? Fei said that the most critical terms of the agreement are undoubtedly the price of the adaptation rights and the sharing of interests between the two parties after the film makes a profit.

Transformers have also launched animated movies, but they are miserable, the movie rights themselves are not worth much, Hasbro only needs $6 million in the end, but in terms of heavy toys, Hasbro will take seventy percent of the profits from the sales of film-related peripheral toys.

As for the future box office, DVD, TV version and other film and television revenue of the film, Hasbro also has a 10% profit share!

The Transformers series, like the Special Forces, is Hasbro's ace toy line, and unless their management is collectively cursed with the mentally handicapped, how can they not open their mouths?

As a manufacturer of toys and all copyrights, Hasbro is also eligible to ask for this share!

Although the conditions are a bit harsh, Duke does not have too many objections, in business operations, where is there a harvest that will be automatically sent if you don't pay?

What's more, Transformers are not an obscure product.

The formal contract between the two parties will wait until Duke completes the filming of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and then go to Hasbro's headquarters in Rhode Island.

"And David's notice." Tina? Fei flipped through today's work diary and said while reading, "Marvel Comics wants you to participate in the board meeting before the New Year, it seems to be related to the superhero movie adaptation. ”

"The success of X-Men......" Duke tapped on the armrest of his chair, "giving them a glimpse of the cinematic value of its comic book heroes." ”

Despite the invitation from Marvel Comics, Duke did not attend the premiere of "X-Men" due to busy filming, and the series, as it used to be, exploded at the box office of nearly $55 million in its first weekend, and in just ten days, the North American box office exceeded the $100 million mark!

Even if there is an element of the operation of Twentieth Century Fox, the influence of the superheroes themselves cannot be ignored, and if the executives of Marvel Comics can't see the value of their own children, they should really jump from the Empire State Building.

Marvel Comics itself did not involve film production, and the first thing that came to their mind was that the company had a major shareholder who was a film connoisseur and one of Hollywood's best directors, so they were in a hurry to call Duke over to discuss the future.

Jean Tina? Faye replied to Marvel Comics, and Duke remembered another movie that was also related to him, and couldn't help asking, "How is the box office of "Mission Impossible 2"?" ”

What he knows is still information from a long time ago, since the release of "King Kong" and "Gladiator" in May, the single-day box office figures of "Mission Impossible 2" and the number of theaters in North America have been shrinking.

"The day before yesterday, "Mission Impossible 2" spent its thirteenth weekend in North America." Tina? Fei Xiang looked back at the work log and said quickly, "In 219 theaters, I got a box office figure of $144,562. At present, the North American box office has accumulated 228.98 million US dollars, temporarily ranking first in the annual box office in North America this year. ”

Without waiting for Duke to ask, she continued, "Since the end of May, the film has been released in 79 overseas countries and regions, and as of the day before yesterday, the overseas box office has been $235.66 million. ”

"It's not bad, the box office is enough for us to recoup our investment."

The crew returned to Wellington after a long journey, and after Duke waited for two days, Anna? Prinz also returned from the South Island, and in August 2000, the crew had their final scene. (To be continued......)

PS: It's really old~~